Something as simple as left and right in the Bible may not seem to be significant. However, you might be surprised to learn that studying how God uses individual words can be beneficial. In this case, the word "left" and the word "right" have many different usages....
The first book of the Bible is the book of Genesis. The word "Genesis" means "beginning" or "origin". The name was assigned to it in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament). The first word in the book of Genesis is "bereshith" which means...
Verbal plenary inspiration means that every word found in the Bible is given to us by God (verbal), everything in the Bible is authoritative (plenary), and every word is also divinely directed (inspired). But, this does not mean that everything referenced in the Bible...
The difference between dictation and inspiration is that dictation is when one or more persons say something, and another records it exactly as is stated. The one doing the writing is only a recorder and non of his style, vocabulary, and influence occur in the...
Occasionally, people ask how many times words appear in the Bible. Below is a table showing some common words as they appear in four different Bible translations. The reason for the differences in counts has to do with the variations in which certain words can be...
The purpose and message of the Bible (Greek biblia) is to reveal who God is, his will for mankind, and to document the prophecies about, the arrival of, and ministry of Jesus. Overall, the Bible is a history book, divided into Old and New Testaments, that conveys the...
When we ask if the Bible is true, we must ask in what sense is it true. Is it true as a historical document? Is it true in regard to its wisdom? Is it true in its claim to be inspired by God? Is it true regarding the person of Jesus, his claims, and his miracles?...
We should believe the Bible because it is the word of God. In other words, we should always believe what God says because, well, that's what God says. Yeah, I know that answer may not be sufficient for a lot of people, but the logic is sound. The Bible claims to be...
No, the Bible does not teach that there was a race of people before Adam. However, there have been those who have said that there were and they base their belief on what is called the gap theory. The gap theory states that between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 there was a large...
Idolatry is a sin that occurs in the heart when a person gives to a created thing the honor and glory due to God. If a person puts more faith, hope, and trust in the Bible than God, then that is idolatry. However, it is not wrong to have faith in the word of God as an...